Press Release | Antrim Foodbank

22 May 24

2,817 children relying on Antrim Foodbank

PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New figures released today by Antrim Foodbank have revealed that 5,967 emergency food parcels were provided to people facing hardship across Antrim in the last year – with 2,817 of these going to children. Antrim Foodbank has seen an 8% increase in the number of emergency food parcels distributed compared […]

28 Feb 24

AdLent 2024 – Week Three

AT ANTRIM FOODBANK, WE ALWAYS NEED TO PLAN AHEAD TO ENSURE WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. Lent is a time for reflection. At Antrim Foodbank, we have developed our AdLent Calendar to help you reflect on what you can do to help us build a #HungerFreeFuture. Each week, we’ll suggest items you […]

2 Jan 24

Antrim Foodbank continues to help build a #HungerFreeFuture

PRESS RELEASE: for immediate release As reported by the Antrim Guardian (4 January 2024), the funding for the host project of Antrim Foodbank, Oasis Antrim Community Support Hub, ran out in December 2023. The vital work of Antrim Foodbank is thankfully unaffected. Fionnuala O’Donnell, Manager at Antrim Foodbank, said: The untimely closure of the Oasis Antrim […]

30 Nov 23

Support your community this winter

As food banks brace themselves for their toughest winter yet, with over a million emergency food parcels expected to be distributed between December and February, Antrim Foodbank is urging shoppers to donate to this year’s Tesco Winter Food Collection. From Thursday 30 November to Saturday 2 December, customers at Tesco Extra Massereene will be encouraged […]

20 Nov 23

Festive Food Drive – Week Three

At Antrim Foodbank, we always need to plan ahead to ensure we can meet the needs of our community. Throughout November, we will be running a Festive Food Drive. Each week, we’ll be asking you to consider donating specific items to help us put together hampers for people in crisis in Antrim this Christmas. This week’s items for the Festive […]

13 Nov 23

Festive Food Drive – Week Two

At Antrim Foodbank, we always need to plan ahead to ensure we can meet the needs of our community. Throughout November, we will be running a Festive Food Drive. Each week, we’ll be asking you to consider donating specific items to help us put together hampers for people in crisis in Antrim this Christmas. This week’s items for the Festive […]

18 Oct 23

We are bracing for our worst winter yet

Antrim Foodbank is facing unprecedented pressure this winter, as the number of people needing to access food banks is expected to surge this winter. Across the UK, food banks are expecting to provide more than one million emergency food parcels between December 2023 and February 2024 – the most parcels ever provided across this period. […]

14 Sep 23

National Lottery players support Antrim Foodbank

Antrim Foodbank volunteers at Castle Mall

Antrim Foodbank, a project of Oasis Antrim, is today celebrating after being awarded National Lottery funding to help support its work to build a hunger free future. The project, based at the Oasis Antrim Community Support Hub on High Street, Antrim, has been running since 2015 and is staffed by local volunteers who run five […]

28 Jun 23

Hunger in Northern Ireland

Forward by Emma Revie More and more people in our society are being left with no option but to turn to a food bank to feed themselves or their family. But as our most in-depth study on hunger to date shows, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Food bank managers and volunteers have […]

26 Apr 23

2,804 children relying on Antrim Foodbank

On Wednesday 26 April 2023, we released our stats on the number of emergency food parcels that Antrim Foodbank provided within our local community between April 2022 and March 2023. The alarming new figures reveal that we have provided 6,004 emergency food parcels to people who couldn’t afford the essentials in Antrim Town over the […]

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